The Mystery of William Shakespeare: A Summary of EvidenceLongmans, Green, 1902 - 302 pages |
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... question of the Identity of Shakespeare which is involved in the discussions which they have raised . These discussions involve the question of his Unity , the question of the extent of his Authorship , and above all the question ...
... question of the Identity of Shakespeare which is involved in the discussions which they have raised . These discussions involve the question of his Unity , the question of the extent of his Authorship , and above all the question ...
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A Summary of Evidence Thomas Ebenezer Webb. above all the question whether in the received text we possess his writings cur'd and perfect of their limbs ' and ' absolute in their numbers as he conceived them . ' In spite of all that has ...
A Summary of Evidence Thomas Ebenezer Webb. above all the question whether in the received text we possess his writings cur'd and perfect of their limbs ' and ' absolute in their numbers as he conceived them . ' In spite of all that has ...
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... questions , we must commence with the discus- sion of a name . In the time of Elizabeth , the name Shakespeare , under which the Shakespearian works were published , was to be found , as Mr. Phillipps tells us , in every part of England ...
... questions , we must commence with the discus- sion of a name . In the time of Elizabeth , the name Shakespeare , under which the Shakespearian works were published , was to be found , as Mr. Phillipps tells us , in every part of England ...
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... question when he wrote of Shakespeare . If we are not yet come to question his unity , ' says Mr. Hallam , as we do that of the blind old man of Scio's rocky isle - an improvement in critical acuteness doubtless reserved for a distant ...
... question when he wrote of Shakespeare . If we are not yet come to question his unity , ' says Mr. Hallam , as we do that of the blind old man of Scio's rocky isle - an improvement in critical acuteness doubtless reserved for a distant ...
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... questions suggested by Mr. Hallam . To the ordinary reader the unity of Shake- speare is as indisputable as his identity with the young man who came up from Stratford . The ordinary reader regards the Poet as the one bright particular ...
... questions suggested by Mr. Hallam . To the ordinary reader the unity of Shake- speare is as indisputable as his identity with the young man who came up from Stratford . The ordinary reader regards the Poet as the one bright particular ...
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